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CBA and Northern Trust trade Australia’s first green repo
14 December 2021 Australia
Reporter: SFT

Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s green repo product has been certified by the Climate Bond Initiative, a not-for-profit agency promoting large-scale investment in the low-carbon economy, and evaluated against the global Climate Bonds Standard

Blythe Masters chairs Wilshire Digital Assets Advisory Group
14 December 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Masters is the founding partner of Motive Partners, a specialist private equity firm, and brings more than three decades of experience to the newly formed group

UK regulators initiate review of banks’ equity finance activities
13 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The joint letter, written in the shadow of the Archegos default, requires banks’ senior management to assess their equity finance businesses and associated risk management, reporting back by end of Q1 2022

VERMEG launches software solution to connect European banks into ECMS
13 December 2021 Netherlands
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The solution enables European Banks to be ready for connection and operation with the Eurosystem Collateral Management System (ECMS), which launches in November 2023

Hg invests in Pirum
13 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Pirum Systems has secured a new investor to drive its global growth strategy, with Hg sharing joint control with Pirum’s current major investor Bowmark Capital

First euro repo cleared via sponsored clearing model on RepoClear SA
10 December 2021 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

RepoClear SA’s sponsored clearing service enables buy-side member firms to directly access repo clearing across 13 euro debt markets and €GCPlus

Clearstream’s global securities financing volumes grow in November
09 December 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The post-trade services provider has released its monthly figures, revealing a 10 per cent year-on-year increase in volume outstanding to €578.1 billion for its global securities finance business

Cassini closes financing round for margin analytics platform expansion
09 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Cassini Systems has completed a growth financing round reaching US$20.5 million, led by fintech investor Ten Coves Capital and venture capital firm Mosaik Partners

OSTTRA Traiana expands OTC LimitHub to support equity clearing
09 December 2021 UK
Reporter: SFT

The launch of Traiana Equity LimitHub service with BNP Paribas Securities Services extends limit monitoring tools and credit approvals for sponsored members clearing via a GCM

Broadridge and SLIB proxy voting solution goes live in France
09 December 2021 France
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The solution enables intermediaries that serve France-based investors to meet mandatory obligations to support voting for European shareholder meetings under the updated Shareholder Rights Directive

Fidelity Digital Assets granted official status for crypto asset activities by FCA
08 December 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Fidelity Digital Assets has been granted official registration status for crypto asset activities by the UK Financial Conduct Authority

Acadia partners with Capitolis to launch data solution for capital optimisation
08 December 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Acadia, provider of integrated risk management services for derivatives companies, and Capitolis, the SaaS platform provider, have partnered to launch SA-CCR Optimization